Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 334 · 40 questions

Thinking tip (Five calm steps): The steps in order: understand the problem → think of ideas → choose the best idea → try it out → check if it worked. Helps: staying calm, breaking it into parts, asking for help, drawing a diagram, trying again. Gets in the way: panicking, giving up at once, blaming others, repeating the same try, guessing wildly.

1. 1.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: staying calm? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
2. 2.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 5
3. 3.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or list possible fixes? (a) check if it worked (b) list possible fixes
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing wildly (b) staying calm (c) making a list (d) drawing a diagram
5. 5.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
6. 6.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: panicking? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
7. 7.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) staying calm (b) repeating the same try (c) guessing wildly (d) giving up at once
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) drawing a diagram (c) breaking it into parts (d) giving up at once
9. 9.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) try another idea (b) hide it (c) blame the tools (d) give up
10. 10.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 5
11. 11.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or say what is wrong? (a) see if it helped (b) say what is wrong
12. 12.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
13. 13.True or false: “ignoring the problem” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “making a list” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 5
16. 16.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) try any idea (b) know what is wrong (c) blame someone (d) give up
17. 17.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) look at what is wrong (b) stop cycling (c) kick the cycle (d) buy a new cycle
18. 18.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or say what is wrong? (a) choose the best idea (b) say what is wrong
19. 19.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or choose the best idea? (a) think of ideas (b) choose the best idea
20. 20.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) making a list (b) asking for help (c) ignoring the problem (d) breaking it into parts
21. 21.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) drawing a diagram (b) repeating the same try (c) guessing wildly (d) panicking
22. 22.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) making a list (b) trying again (c) giving up at once (d) drawing a diagram
23. 23.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or see if it helped? (a) try it out (b) see if it helped
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) giving up at once (c) making a list (d) repeating the same try
25. 25.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
26. 26.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 5
27. 27.True or false: “blaming others” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) drawing a diagram (b) trying again (c) staying calm (d) panicking
29. 29.True or false: “repeating the same try” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: ignoring the problem? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
31. 31.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
32. 32.True or false: “trying again” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “asking for help” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or see if it helped? (a) put the plan to work (b) see if it helped
35. 35.True or false: “breaking it into parts” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or put the plan to work? (a) see if it helped (b) put the plan to work
37. 37.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: drawing a diagram? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
38. 38.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
39. 39.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or understand the problem? (a) try it out (b) understand the problem
40. 40.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2

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